Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Arthur Wontner on vaieldamatult parim film portrayer Sherlock Holmes. Tema viies ja viimane väljasõit Holmes Murder at Baskervilles (1937). Film ilmus Ühendkuningriik 1937 kuid ei olnud vabastatud Ameerikas alles jaanuaris 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
Tahtsin kirjutada üks mu lemmik filme, Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, kirjutas paruness Orczy. The film (affiliate link) puudutab inglise eakaaslast, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Loo teeb keeruliseks asjaolu, et eakaaslane on abielus
On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
On jaanuar 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 tärni. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
Julius “Onu Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO märtsil 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Onu Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) räägib loo seersant Alvin C-st. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Film algab pühapäevase kiriku jumalateenistuse kontrastiga
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. On jaanuar
Juulil 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Moto “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto võtab puhkusele leiab hr. Moto lisatud Seeba kuninganna on Crown selle avastuse Egiptuse arheoloogia saidi San Francisco muuseumi,,en,Moto kahtlustab arch kriminaalkorras Metaxess,,en,kes ametiasutused uskus,,en. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, kavatseb
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.